Jacket for cans



(Model) G. R. P'EASLEE.

Jacket for Cans.

Patented June 2|, I881.

INVBNTOR:

ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- CHARLES R. PEASLEE, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

JACKET FOR CANS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 243,296, dated June 21, 1881.

Application filed May 18, 1881. (Model.)

To all/whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES R. PEASLEE, acitizen of theUnited States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Jackets for Clans, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a sectional jacket for a can which shall be so secured thereto that the can shall be free to move within the same, whereby it may yield in case of sudden twist to prevent breakage; and my invention has, further, for its object a provision against shrinkage in the casing, and the protection of all connecting devices in the same from injury in consequence of external wear and tear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a partly-sectional view of my invention inclosing a can; Fig. 2 a vertical section of the can and jacket, and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 detail views.

Heretofore sectional jackets for cans have generally been rigidly secured thereto by means of soldered strips of metal. This method is objectionable on the ground that in handling the cans these strips are liable to be torn apart, and need constantly to be repaired, while the rough and uneven edges so formed are a sourc of more or less injury to the hands.

To overcome these objections I construct a casing of the following description:

A represents a tin can having a circular block of wood, I), secured to its bottom by means of either a cutor uncut wire ring, I), which encircles the lower part of the can, and is attached to the block by metal loops 1) secured to the periphery thereof, so as to fit over the circular flange it around the bottom of the can, and thus hold the block and can loosely but securely together. Over the top of the can is passed a section of easing, con sisting of a band of bent wood, 0, having a beaded hoop, c, on its lower edge, said parts being made large enough to pass the flange on the upper portion of the can. Being adjusted down upon the blockand ring the hoop incloses both, and is held in position by the ring, which rests within the circular groove formed by the bead. This section is designed to inclose about one-half of the can. A second section, d, similar in size and construction is slipped over the can in the same manner and adjusted so that its lower edge will rest upon the upper edge of the first section, and its upper edge reach nearly to the top sea-m of the can. A cut wire ring, D, having metal loops f, is then passed over the said seam or flange, and its ends soldered together under the flange, so that it will not slip off. The said loops f are then turned upward, and a hoop, e, is passed over thetop of the can, and pressed down until its lower edge incloses the top of the easing d, with its upper edge projecting above the said flange of the can. The upward projecting ends of the loops f are then soldered to the inner surface of this hoop, andthe can is securely inclosed within the jacket. Instead of turning the loops f upward and soldering them to the inner surface of the hoop e in the manner above described, they may be turned downward, so that theyshall fit between the said hoop, when the latter is applied, and the section of casin g d; and if they are made long enough their lower ends may then be turned up slightly, so as to engage with the lower edge of the hoop e, and thus support the latter either with or without soldering.

As no part of the casing is soldered to the can the latter may be rotated within the same without dislocatin g any of the sections, while the sectional bands, being loosely attached to the top and bottom hoops, may be easily adjusted in a vertical position, so as to cover any portion of the canleft exposed by shrinkage.

It will be seen, also, that the strips of metal by which the several parts are secured together are all inclosed within the jacket, so that they cannot be injured by external contact.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A sectional jacket for a can, having a ring at the top and at the bottom in engage- ICO its upper edge, and ring d, secured within 10 said hoop, in combination with a tin can, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

CHAS. R. PEASLEE.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. CHAMBERLAIN, R. P. CANE. 

